The new company features Thames Television (including SelecTV production units
Alomo Production, Witzend Productions and Clement La Frenais Productions) and the production arms of Grundy Worldwide and ACI.
It began by creating a herbal remedy,
Alomo Bitters, that not only claimed to cure malaria but also help men's sexual performance!
The company's ambitious goals are reflected in the philosophy of its parent company, SelecTV, the holding group of four production houses:
Alomo Productions, Clement La Frenais Productions, Witzend Productions and Witzend, Inc.
ITV chiefs hope Cnut, created by
Alomo Productions, will be every bit as popular with viewers as snivelling virgin Richie Rich in Bottom, amoral politician B'Stard or pathetic student Rick in The Young Ones.
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Alomo, the production company that made the series, said it would be cheaper to pay for driving lessons for both of us rather than have these poor blokes pushing the car.
Langton, Artificial Life: the proceedings of an interdisciplinary Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, held September, 1987 in Los
Alomos, New Mexico (Redwood City, Cal.: Addison-Wesley, 1989); Brian W.
Danny Stillman, a retired employee of the Los
Alomos National Laboratory in New Mexico, is being taken to the Appeals Court by the US government over his book about China's nuclear weapons programme.